Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73not60
§389a Conditions of Transfer of Dry Land and Irrigation Field Stations; Reservation of Mineral Rights
Title 7 › Chapter 14— AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS › Subchapter II— EXPERIMENT STATIONS FOR PROPAGATION OF TREES, SHRUBS, VINES, AND VEGETABLES › § 389a
Summary
Transfers must include conditions to keep the site working for cooperative farm research with the Department of Agriculture and the State. The United States keeps all mineral rights and may explore and mine under rules from the Secretary of the Interior.
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Title 7, §389a
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Conveyances or patents under this section and section 389 of this title shall be upon such conditions as in the opinion of the Secretary of Agriculture will assure the use of such station in the cooperative agricultural experimental work of the Department of Agriculture and the respective State. Any such conveyances of the land shall contain a reservation to the United States of all the minerals in the land together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe.
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Transfer of Functions
Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.
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7 U.S.C. § 389a
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60